INTRO: China said on Thursday it will hold a next round of trade talks with the United States in Malaysia, as the world's two biggest economies seek to avoid further escalating a damaging tit-for-tat tariff war.
The trade talks overlap with a visit by US President Donald Trump to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting over the weekend. East Asia Correspondent Laura Westbrook has more from Hong Kong.
The trade talks overlap with a visit by US President Donald Trump to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting over the weekend. East Asia Correspondent Laura Westbrook has more from Hong Kong.